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Ardour 9.0 Open-Source DAW Brings Pianoroll Windows, Cue Recording, and More
Highlights of Ardour 9.0 include dedicated pianoroll windows by double-clicking on a MIDI region to edit it, direct editing of the contents of MIDI cues, region FX support to apply any plugin to a given audio region only, and the ability to record directly into cue slots, which makes Ardour a “looper”.
Ardour 9.0 also introduces a dedicated perceptual analyzer window that allows you to visualize the live spectrum of multiple signals while overlaying individual sources like tracks and busses on top of each other, as well as the ability to use keyboard modifiers, arrow keys, and the Enter key to add new automation control points.
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Ardour 9.0 released
The Ardour digital-audio-workstation (DAW) project has announced the release of version 9.0.
This is a major release for the project, seeing several substantive new features that users have asked for over a long period of time. Region FX, clip recording, a touch-sensitive GUI, pianoroll windows, clip editing and more, not to mention dozens of bug fixes, new MIDI binding maps, improved GUI performance on macOS (for most) ... We expect to get feedback on some of the major new features in this release, and plan to take that into account as we improve and refine them and the rest of Ardour going forward. We have no doubt that there will be both delight and disappointment with certain things - rather than assume that we don't know what we're doing, please leave us feedback on the forums so that Ardour gets better over time. Those of you new to our clip launching implementation might care to read up on the differences with Ableton Live.
In the coming weeks, we'll begin to sketch out what we have planned next for Ardour, in addition to responding to the feedback we get on this 9.0 release.